The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-15 00:00:00

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WITH WHICH 44 THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, MS. By the arrival at Dartmouth of the London packet-snip Washington, we have received New York Papers to the 20th ult. inclusive, from which we learn with deep regret that there is reason to fear a renewal of disturbances in Canada. The Patriots, as they style themselves, have not yet had enough of fighting ; and since their evacuation of Navy Island their numbers have increased rather than diminished. Rumours of a rising in Lower Canada were also in circulation. The following extract from a letter addressed from the frontier of Vermont to a gentleman of New York, and dated the l 1 th ult., is recommended to the attention of Congress by the National Intelligencer of the 1 ith : " The Canada fever is in some degree revived here. It is supposed that an incursion into the Lower Province is soon to be made, and that at the same time a general rising is to take place. The arms and munitions of war collected and pur chased in this state (Vermont) have, in the courFe of the laic week, been transported to the frontier. From the increased ',vigilance in the province, and the collection of arms and men, it is apparent that the plans of the Patriots have been com municated to the Canadian Government. The efforts of the Patriots, I think, must fail. The force of the Government is too great to be overcome by the means now in the hands of the R e volutionists. We are expecting every day to hear of the attempt to enter the province." The same Journals denounces, in language the most c geegetic, the supineness of the Federal Government in not takiiig more active measures to maintain the neutrality of the United States. It says : " It is high time that it should be ascertained whether we have a Government or not, or whether the law of nations is to lbe set at defiance, and the laws of this land trampled upon ;th impunity try }lords of desperate and unprincipled aciven tur,N•s, whether in pursuit of plunder or renown, at the ex pens of the national character for common honesty. and of the 'cc of their country ! If these things are tolerated—if th e w h,le power of the Government is not reused to action, if necessary, to put a stop to them, the United Status will be come a by-word among the nations, for bad faith, and for 'Rant of moral power, or of physical inability to exert it." The neutrality of the States formed the subject of an animated discussion in the House of Representatives on the 16th ult., which, however, terminated without leading to any practical result. On the motion of Mr. HowARD the following despatches, addressed to the Secretary of the War DepartmentH, were read by the clerk : ead-Quarters, Niagara Frontier, Buffalo, _ _ February 9, 1838. Cet‘eral,—Captain Romans, of the navy, arrived here last night fr,im Detroit, in tcur and a half days. The information ne brings is important and :norplrsing. The inclosed copy of s despatch, wrote and mane(' en route to General Brady, gives its general chcracter. He adag, that in passing through the slack Swamp, he walked several miles in company with Lieut. Ottinger, of the revenue se rvice, and conversed' with •;• duals of each stragglin g party, all of whom concurred in re ps esenting the force to be about 800 men. Individuals who joiosed the stage at lower points carry the number still higher, the whole under the command of Mr. M'Leod, Mr. Van Rens selae.-',, Adjutant-General, stated to be a man of much energy. The lah er individual left this place last evening, to join these, forces. Information on which I rely, represents Mr. Van Rensselaer as sanguine of making a forward movement, at the head of COO or 400 men. The point selected is probably on the St. Clair' river, and the campaign to open near the old Fort Sinclair, operating in the direction of Lake Sincoe. Relying upon ti.e general accuracy of the information, viz., that there is a strong rally of the hostile force, that their di rection is through Michigan, probably, or Detroit, that the quiet which happily prevails in this immediate vicinity enabled use to detach a portion of the force, and that every regular bn vonet is of importance to General Brady, I have deemed it my duty to put Major Young's command in motion for -• • • Cap tain Romans further says that he examined sufficiently to satisfy himself that the waggons referred to in his letter to General Bra ly actually contained arms and ammunition. The people on the route have freely given their arms to this lawless band, supplied all their necessities, and recruits are joining them from all quarters. • • • " I have, &e. W. J. WORTH, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding. " To Major-General Scott, &c., Albany." " Milan, Huron County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1858." BRIOADIER-GE!siRRAL HUGH BRADY, COSSMANDING UNITED STATES FORCES, DETROIT. General,—l feel it my duty to acquaint you, that on my journey to-day, between Perrysburgh and this place, we have passed several detachments of men calling themselves Patriots, numbering probably about 250. They generally agreed, on conversing with them, that there were 800 of them scattered on the road, and 500 Indians of the Cattarangus tribe, all destined .to rendezvous at some place near Detroit most favourable to effect a landing in Canada. rronWe also passed during the day about twenty lo aded wags, half that number boxed up, purposely to resemble pedlars' waggons, but containing their arms and accoutrements ; the other waggons contained powder and other munitions, put up in pork barrels and other deceptive cases. These men bad with them drums, fifes, bugles, and other instruments of music. The Indians we did not see, as they, with other bands of the Patriots, were said to have taken the lake road through Sandusky city. All we spoke with were positive of there being from 1,300 to 1,500 men in all, and daily aug menting their numbers by volunteers from the tov:rns and villages through which they passed, but I question their* being over 400 or 500. General Van Rensselaer was expec fed to join them ; also M'Xenzie. Judging from their train of •wag guns I should judge they had a large materiel with them_ I remain, Sir, with high consideration, Your obedient Servant, JAMES T. HOMAN, U.S.N. -.-- General SCOTT has returned to the frontier to oppose any demonstration in favour of the rebels on the part of the Albany democrats. For our own part we see nothing to alarm us in all these movements—though we deeply regret the delusion under which the democrats labour. ''he rebels are merely hurrying to their destruction, and though. they may unfortunately involve many innocent and unsuspe persons in their ruin, there is little fear of their muste ring in such numbers as to peril the Provincial Sovereignt I' of Great Britain. We regret to announce the total destruction of t he Bowery Theatre by fire—supposed to be the act of an im-• cendiary. The conflagration spread rapidly, and several other houses were destroyed before the flames could he extinguished. Subjoined is a report of this sad event : DE STRUCTION OF THE BOWERY THEA TRE. A little after two o'clock on Sunday morning the beautiful edifice, erected but little more than a year since, known as' the Bowery Theatre, was entirely destroyed by fire. Tbis is the third building, devoted to theatrical purposes and erected this spot, that has been burned within ten years. The fi. rst edifice was burned in May, 1828, the second in Septembe 1836, and the third yesterday morning. The following, particulars of this fire are principally made up from the Courier and Gazette of this morning. At about a quarter past two o'clock, the private watchman stationed in the building were alarmed by the reflection of a light on the stage, caused by a fire in the upper part of the building. The fire was just then breaking out in the carpen ter's shop, which was stationed immediately under the roof in front of the building, and the alarm was spread with all possi ble dispatch. The firemen, with their engines, hastened to the spot, but before any water could be brought to bear upon the building, the whole interior was in flames, and the possibility of saving anything was almost out of the question. A dash w made at. the property-room, where the wardrobe was kept, but only one small bundle of garments was rescued, and the who! e. wardrobe estimated at 7,000 or 8,000 dollars, fell a prey to th e games. Thu scenery, machinery, and stage property being all highly combustible, were soot? consumed,.and at about three o'clock the roof fell in, sending aloft a mass of cinders, which flew far and wide, and burying beneath it all that remained of the ill-starred Bowery Theatre. r The iron safe, containing some money, and all the books and papers of the establishment, was saved; but, except this, nothing of any value was rescued. The wardrobe, scenery, and other properties were valued at about 60,000 dollars, upon whi - :h there was no insurance. Insurance to the amount 4) f 35 ,000 dollars had been effected upon the building, which suppcsed will not cover one half of the whole actual V th 7y,fvvi of th e ac t ors h a d any effects in the theatre, r aid eLnre thus escape d t h e genera l r uin. it he orig in o f t hi s fire, there can be but one opinion. •fn at was the work of an incendiary. The flames, when first.di a cover ed, were breaking out from the carpenter's shop, in. Van top °t- the building, in front. There was a coal stove in. th at room, but no fire had been in it since half-past four o' cloy 'k the pr cvlous day, and the last person left in the buildi pg pn 4.54 "lAN 791Erj:., ~~,- r ~~ ~~~ 4 Saturday night, states most positively that there was not a spark of fire in the building except such as was below, and was attended to by the watchmen. There are, moreover, some circumstances which we are not now at liberty to divulge, which tend to strengthen the general opinion that the fire was the work of an incendiary. The heaviest loser by this disastrous fire is Mr. Dinneford, who owned the wardrobe and the other stage properties, upon which there was no insurance The most lamentable occurrence we have yet to record. During the burning of the theatre, the interior of which blazed like a volcano at the moment of an eruption, sending the burn ing cinders in every direction, one of the embers unfortunately fell through a broken pane of a skylight ii a club stable, No. 49, Christie-street, setting it instantly on fire, and burning to death a black man named Thomas , who s l ep t in the loft, be fore he could be extricated. LOWER CANADA.—Lord Gosford did not leave Quebec on the 13th, as he intended, having met with an accident by a fall, as he was in the act of stepping into his carriage. The installation of Sir John Colborne as his successor was post poned in consequence. The Lady of Sir Francis Head and daughter, Mrs. General Dalrymple, sister to Sir Francis, and servants, go out to-mor row in the ship IVellinytcn, for London. We regret very much to learn that Lady Head was treated with rudeness at Rochester, on her way to Albany, and that the incivility to which she was exposed was carried to such a length as to cause serious alarm to herself and family. Sir Francis Head, whose purpose it was to come to New York from Canada, via Lexington, has been advised that ar rangements have been made on that frontier to annoy him by arrest, on an indictment. The Baronet will of course save those officious people an opportunity of any such public exhibition of their folly.—New York Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 19. It is almost a superfluous task to recommend to the at tention of the public, the speeches delivered at the splendid meeting held yesterday, and continued by adjournment this day, at Exeter Hall. We are well persuaded that these speeches will be read with intense interest by every friend of freedom, justice, and mercy. Can the holiest of causes, advocated by the elo quence of a BROUGHAM and an O'CONNELL, fail to excite the sympathies of a christian people ? And shall these sym pathies extend no farther than to a baren admiration of the great powers displayed by these orators? We trust not. The enemies of slavery, in the metropolis, have, we trust, kindled a flame in the metropolis which will spread to the uttermost corner of the land, and never be extinguished until it has extinguished the evil that gave it birth. Let the noble example of London, then, be followed throughout the country. Let meetings be held in all quarters, and petitions sent up to Parliament, praying for the in stant termination of Colonial Slavery—for that is the only word that can truly describe the actual state of the co loured population in our West India colonies ; and we may rest assured that Parliament will not turn a deaf ear to a national remonstrance on such a subject. We have stated al ready that we have not a particle of faith in any remedy short of immediate and complete emancipation which the legisla ture can deise, and this conviction has been forced upon us by the strongest of all evidence, the experience of the past — the course which the planters have pursued since the ap prenticeship, as it is in mockery called, commenced. Could law, justice, honour, or good faith have bound the planters, should we have had to complain that after the payment of twenty millions for the emancipation of the slaves—in spite of every precaution that the British Parliament could take—in defiance of every exertion which justice and humanity aided by all the power lodged in the Supreme Governor could make in the person of Lord SLlGO—the horrors of slavery in Jamaica now, in the fourth year of ap prenticeship, so far from being put an end to, are, except in one particular point, greatly aggravated. After this, let us not talk about the rights of the Planters. They have broken faith with. us. They have swindled us out of 20 millions ; and, to crown all, the value of their estates has been greatly increased by the passing of the Aboli tion Act. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1838. doubt his love of wine and tolerance of ale are among the the qualities which still recommend him to the friend ship of the Christian Canon of St. Paul's. If both would do nothing worse than drink wine and tolerate ale, we should be disposed to pray for the continuance of the heirachy which such conduct might possibly redeem from the selfishness, virulence, and love of persecution which unfortunately characterise the majority of our Prelates. Our readers will find in another part of our Paper an in teresting account of the proceedings of the Bank of Eng land Proprietors this day. The spirit of monopoly pervades all trades and districts, and the engine to effect it is the Imperial Parliament of the country. Really this is too bad. Although we have strongly opposed the recent stringent, obstructive, and un just Standing Orders of the House of Commons, we should be inclined to support an additional Standing Order which should operate as a preventative to intended monopolies. We are especially induced to make these observations from the circumstance of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill being set down for a second reading to-morrow night. A similar Bill has been already rejected, from its nefarious and msichievEus objects ; yet as selfishness is invariably obstinate and persevering, the parties who desired to throw two competing Companies for the supply of water to the great city of Glasgow into one, and thus be enabled to charge what they please for this most necessary article, are again applying for the aid and assist ance of Parliament. Will the r epresentatives of the people lend that aid ? Those who do—no matter what their political professions—no matter what their affected patriotism—whether professing to be, par excellence, the champions of the people or not—if disposed to tax the people by supporting monopolies of coal, corn, or water—let them be sent about their business by their constituents, as wear ing the garb of sheep to hide the rapacity of wolves. We are glad to see, by the presentation of a petition from certain inhabitantsof London on Tuesday night, in the Hous© of Commons, that they are getting awake to the evils of the Coal Monopoly. The petitioners object to the Bill proposed by Mr. LABOUCHERE passing into a law, " be cause it will continue the monopoly;" and we see no reason why the 1,500,000 inhabitants of the vale of the Thames should allow a prime necessary of life to be taxed and mo nopolized for the ease and enrichment of a few jobbers ac cording to law. As long as the trade is fettered by noxious regulations, as long as the privilege of a few enhance the price of coals ever so small a coin, the public will be justified in believing the most exaggerated statement of the reduction of price which it is asserted would take place from having the trade perfectly free. Let us at least try the experiment ; and as the petition presented on Tuesday night said, let us have the " enlarged and suitable accommodation out of the Thames," which private means is ready to supply, for un loading colliers at a cheap rate, without damage to life or limb, at all times of the year. Lord WiNcumsE A, on moving for certain returns on Tues day night relative to the Yeomanry, took the opportunity to boast of the valour of that illustrious corps of feather-bed and tavern-dining corps, and to deprecate the further re duction of such a useful body. The Yeomanry, as far as we know, now meet only to feast together once a year in regimentals, and we are not aware of any law or custom which will pravent them from continuing so pleasant a practice, without taxing the country for their amusement. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that a single troop of Yeomanry caused as much trouble as a regiment, and were just as useful, he slyly observed, in keeping the peace— meaning, we presume, that the peace was very well kept without either troop or regiment. We cannot approve of arming one class of the citizens against another ; and if we must bare Yeomanry, let every man in the land be reel• mented, armed, and drilled. We 'shall then all ha on a footing. In another part of our paper will be found a report o, the proceedings of the Licensed Victuallers, who met to consider of the best means of checking some further threatened meddling with their trade by the Middlesex Magistrates. It appears that these sapient gentlemen, who have such a prodigious reputation for managing their own concerns well—the County-rates to wit— can also find time to regulate the trade of their neighbours. Of all the plagues which have fol lowed in the train of citilation and accumulated wealth, we are not sure that there is one greater than the growth of a large class of idle gentlemen, who, weary of themselves, seek to escape from their weariness by conti nually, interfering with others. Nothing, if you believe the I Middlesex Magistrates, whether it be to provide food and lodging, for the community, to extend science, improve art, or confirm morality, can possibly succeed unless under their direction ; and accordingly they meddle with everything they can reach. To escape the torment of unoccupied thoughts they torment the rest of the community. Our modern inquisitors are Middlesex Magistrates and gentlemen of the same class who apply their thumbikins to all in humble life. But though they spare none, beer drinkers and sellers are their peculiar pets. They have a vocation for regulating ale houses, and, like the mother of one child, they cannot suffer their favourite to be out of their sight. A Committee of these middle-aged gentlemen, amongst whom a Mr. BAR BER BEAUMONT took the lead, lately proposed a series of resolutions, which, a public notice of them may possibly crush. They lie over for consideration ; and to oppose them was the object of the meeting yesterday. One of them recommended her Majesty's Government, as if these gentle men were of her Privy Council, to— " Bring in a Bill to limit the hours for the retail sale of strong beer, wine, and spirituous liquors, to between six o'clock in the morning and eleven o'clock at night, and that such houses be cleared of their guests before half-past eleven o'clock at night, but on Sunday mornings that such be not opened before one o'clock, P. M." Now it was well observed at the meeting, at which more good sense was spoken than ever oozes out of the mouths of Middlesex Magistrates, that it is grossly absurd to esta blish one and the same curfew, when all beer-drinkers must toddle home, and all beer sellers lock up their taps. Eleven, said one of the speakers, is a late hour at Bermond sey, but it is an early one in the vicinity of the Haymarket. For those who sit up all night, preparing the Morning Papers, particularly during the meeting of Parliament, from which those Magistrates get nearly all the correct know ledge they possess, the day may be said to have scarcely commenced at that hour, when Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT would make the selling and drinking of ale a legal offence. In country places, on the contrary, six o'clock in the morning is a late hour, before which, in summer, mowers and travellers may, with no offence to morality, however grievous it may be in the sight of BARBER BEAUMONT, assuage their thirst by a draught of nut brown ale. We agree, therefore, with the publican, and not with the Middlesex Pharisee, that to establish one uniform hour when men may legally begin to sell and drink ale, and beyond which they must do neither is a miserable peddling piece of magisterial interference, which is equally impertinent and absurd. The Magistrates also resolved, and, of course recom mended that their resolution should bo embodied by the Legislature into a law : " That victuallers supplying strong beer, wine, and spi rituous liquors to persons while in a state of intoxication, er who have drunk so much liquor on the premises as to be iAely to be intoxicated, be not entitled to payment for liquor so furnished ; and that if they have procured payment for it, they may be compelled to refund the same on a sum mary process." Another speaker at the meeting illustrated the absurdity of this, by supposing four persons to drink in common, one of whom might not be able to bear half a pint of wine, and eachof the others carryoff two bottles, which would enable the party to refuse payment of all they had swal lowed after one was drunk, or they might recover it when he became sober. If the Magistrates wish to encourage informers, and all their attendant vices, they should pro secute their scheme ; for our part, we beg leave to warn them that all the mischiefs which result from beer -drinking are trifling in .comparison to those which result from the meddling of such sage as BARBER BEAUMONT. It was, well observed at the meeting, that the best security for the good conduct of pubic-houses was to have them occupied by respectable men ; and equally well proved that nothing could so effectually prevent respectable men from entering into the business as this never-ending meddling of the Ma gistrates, by which the trade is rendered unsafe and dis k' eTeeable. Of course, amongst the licensed victuallers thcre are black sheep ; but the magnificent Asylum they havt' built for the decayed members of their body on the other side of the water, and the splendid sch 00l they support, would do honour to the richest inc orpora tion of the metropolis, and demonstrate that the whole booty art,' quite Its respectable as those who treat their avocation with contempt. The proce td :ngs yesterday, the good sense pf which highly pleas I's 3, are a proof of the same fact. Wit2l one exception they' ere throughout temperate and rational ; .but Mr, BINGLEY xhibited too much of the selfish jealousy of iraffie, when be expressed a hope that beer-shops might be prevented from lling beer to be drunk on the premises. We can. Not go along with him in asking restrictions on other trades 'wen. e were especially pleased with the testimony which one r the speakers bore to the Christian virtues of the Ar, 'l3- : ta.e.azin:cd.DwN v eryoal s n y, l er d esc o vae n mnris i b o lieo a ,l fic.ecl/4Bio. believe Bishop nlp t e h t e ph r ai e oit io Le r fi e .ip, tios s i stint the poor in the ',.* istaap of CANTERBURY, who admitted that he loved wit kc, T le Ts A r e. Archbishop, Theish pamphlets, 1 ta p m , e vp w eh l r : e : rit i sd i s: sneaks in the kindest terms of his old schoolfellow, !Dr. HOWLEY ; and as the witty Canon has on several occa sions defended gin and beer-drinkers from the restrictions of A requisition is on foot, calling on Sir Henry Par those who swallow hogsheads of ehampaigne and claret, ne 11 to resign his seat for Dundee, in consequence of his ab we are the more willing to believe the licensed victuallers' sen Ling himself from the division on the Ballot.—Dundee testimony to the Christianity of the Archbishop. No c o , Tien The Paris Journals of Tuesday are filled with the de bates in the Chamber of Deputies, relative to the Secret Service Fund. From reasons of a very obvious nature, the Doctrinaires have all on a sudden turned economists, and contemplate with horror thc idea of wasting the public money in the maintenance of spies, informers, and Minis terial journals. M. JAUBERT, the whipper-in of that sec tion of the Chamber, and second only to M. GUIZOT as its leader, charged Ministers with the most seasilaleus ex travag,.ance, and tauntingly demanded what had they done to merit the confidence of the Legislature'? Such a ques tion comes with an ill grace from the Doctrinaire faction, the more especially as up to the present time the Ministers might command its votes whenever an unpopular measure was to be carried. The debate was adjourned, owing to the sudden indisposition of the Minister of the Interior, who fainted in the tribune. The foreign intelligence contained in the Paris Journals of Tuesday is for the most part unimportant. The follow ing extract from a letter from Oleron, dated the Bth inst., prepares us for a renewal of the barbarous outrages which last year, and the year preceding, disgraced the principal cities in the Peninsula : " At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th, Gen. Estellar, the Deputy Commander of the Province, was massacred with two of his friends and a Canon of the Cathedral. Their bodies were afterwards dragged through the stree ts, and just as the mail was leaving for France, the people were loudly calling for the heads of the political chief, Moreno, and of all the autho rities appointed by him. The disorder was at its height ; the lowest rabble had installed a Committee in the Town-housvi, and another of the National Guard was sitting in the Palace. Those two Assemblies had a perfect understanding together to order massacres ; they intended to organise a junta, and to proclaim the independence of Saragossa " A letter from Cadiz of the 26 th February, says :—" The French ship of the line Suffren, has been stranded on the coast, in the high gale which we had since the 24th. " 27111 Fes.—The gale has subsided. It will be necessary to take out all the guns and stores of the Suffren to get it afloat. " We said ) esterday, after the Messayer, that Count Jen nisson, the Bavarian Envoy, demanded satisfaction for the insult said to have been offered to him by the Municipal Guards, in leaving the Italian Opera [louse. " The Charte says that there was a dispute between the Guards and Mr. Jenisson's servants, relative to the execution of the police regulations, respecting the order of the carriages, but the Minister himself had no concern in it. We need not add that it is false that the Guards laid hands on the Minister of Bavaria, and threatened to take him to the guard-house." — Le Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.-PAKIS, MARCH 13. Five per Cents., 107 f. 90c. 1091. Four per Cents., 102 f. Three per Cents. 79f. 95e. 80c. Bank Actions, 2,640 f. 2,645 f. 2,650 f. Bente de Naples, 99f. 60e. Roman Five per Cents., 101% 102 f. Spanish Actives, 2030 / 4. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 105. Belgian Bank, 1,500 f. 1,510 f. 1,505 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 1934 911!a• Haytian Loan. 400 L EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 55c. ; money, 25f. 5/y.",e. Three months, paper. 25f. 40e. ; money, 251: 40; . .. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 109 f. sc. Three per Cents., 90f. Sc. Bank Actions, 2650 f. Romans, 102. Belgian Loan, 105. Belgian Bank, 1,505 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%. Haytian Loan, 400 f. Spanish Actives, 2052. Spanish Differes, 534. BELGIAN } UNDS-Baossins, Maaca 13. Actual Debt, 2j per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Coat. IOIX Loan of Thirty Millions... .............. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 41.", per Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society . ........... 131 -Brussels Papers, March 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-Viaxiss, iNfancu 6. Five per Cesibs. Motalliques Fosr per Cents. Three par Cents. Bonk Shares -AllgemeneZeitung, March 7. Brussels and German Papers have reached ns this morn ing. On the 10th instant, the Belgian Chamber of Re presentatives voted 200,000 francs, to defray the expense of a special mission to Constantinople. Advices from Berlin, of the 11th, state that the King of Pausaln had received a letter from the POPE, in which his Holiness proposed the conditions upon which the Court of Rome would adjust the Cologne affair. We cannot speak to the truth of this rumour. SOUTHAMPTON Docks.—We are glad to learn that this national undertaking—for whatever promotes great national ' interests must be taken in an enlarged sense—is proceeding with spirit. The recent determination of the French Go vernment to push railroads to large seaports on the northern coast, such as Havre, Calais, &c., has excited a very lively interest at Portsmouth and Southampton, as tending to promote a ready communication with the Con tinent. Ships from all parts of the world will hencefor ward find a safe anchorage in the waters and docks of Southampton. For those vessels bound to London such an accommodation will be doubly valuable in ti.nic of war, as not only protecting them from the .dangers of a difficult navigation, but also from the an noyance of privateers, Ste. The Merchants of London and Insurers at Lloyd's have a deep interest in the s peedy completion of this undertaking, as saving time and risk. A Correspondent at Southampton informs us, that every exertion is used by the Directors to expe dite the works consistently with economy—economy both VI time and money. At present we learn that but 51. per share have been paid, and that the Directors will not make another call for the next twelve months. We hope the Southampton Railway will be finished at the same time Is the Docks. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Moderate.—Arrived, and proceeded for the River, the Camerons, Mackie, from. Berbice ; Medea, Dazot, from Cowes to Hamburg. Camedown from the River and sailed, the Monkey, Cargill, for St. Michael's. Came down from the River, and remain, the David, Carrs, for South Australia ; John Frederick, Turner, for Bilboa ; Planet, Frieman, and Henry Davidson, Rayner, for Jamaica, Demerara, and New York ; Lady Hilda, Smith, for Bar badoes ; Cleveland, Morley, for Bombay ; Wanderer, Hinds, for St. Lucia. PORTSMOUTH, MARC❑ 14. Wind, W. Fine.—Arrived the Mada gascar, Lord, from Antwerp for Sumatra, and proceeded for Cowes. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived, the Napoleon, Childs, from London to Africa. Sailed, the Albertina Amelia, for Boyen ; the Bato, Ryser, and William Penn, Mitchell, for Rotterdam ; Phenomena, Hood, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, MARci 13.—Wind W.S.W. to W., fresh breezes and thick weather.—Arrived the Goldfinch (packet), Lieutenant Collier, from St. Thomas's, on freight 40,000 dollars; P. J. Nevins, Green, from New York to Sierra Leone, on the Bth of Feb., with loss of foremast, maintopmast-yards, sails, rigging, boats, &c., during a hurricane on the 12th of Feb., in lat. 35. 52. N., lon. 55. 41. W., having been struck by a heavy sea, and thrown on her beam ends. On the 16th of Feb., spoke the Nightingale packet, and received the General sad three sea men, with spars, sails, &c. Arrived off port the Circassian, Kirton, from Callao to London. out 118 days. Sailed the Harlequin, Robert son, for Antwerp ; Achieves, Norries, for Antwerp ; Bella Portena, Pyott, for Antwerp. The Pigeon packet sailed from St. Thomas's on the 15th of February, for Falmouth, spoke the ship United States, of and for Philadelphia, from Liverpool, on the 9th of March, in lat. 49. 10. N.. Son. 16. 31. W., and refused assistance to the P- J. Nevins. Brig Havannah, of Whitehaven, Dec. 16, off the Island of Diego Rashieres ; American ship Susan, for New Zealand, Jan. 14, lat. 29. S. Son. 22. W. ; brig Fortitude, of London, from Newfoundland for Pernambuco, on the 4th of Feb. in lat. 27. N., lon. 40. W., and brig Sir Walter Scott, of Hull, for Jamaica, March 12, off Scilly. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.—Wind light.—Arrived the Corsair (steamer) from Belfast; arrived off, Evergreen, from St. John's, N. B. ; Lavinia. Sailed the Stratford, Winslow, for the Havanna. JERgEY, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Wuvern, De Caen, from Rio Janiero ; Aurora, Le Gresley, from Cadiz. BELFAST, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Iris, Gibson, from London. WATERFORD, MIRCH 12.—Arrived the Fame, Skaxon, London. The Trout (Drogher), of Bristol, wrs wrecked at Tobago, Jan. 23. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY): TWELVE O'CLOCK. The London line of packet ship, fiorn New York, of the 90th ult., has arrived off Dartmouth, by which we have received the New York Papers of the 20th February, from which we extract the following from the frontier:— " General Scott has arrived here from Albany, on Lis way to Wash ington. On learning by special advices from Michigan, or by Wash ington newspapers, that troubles had again broken out on the Michigan frontier, he immediately changed his purpose, to proceed thence by Buffalo, by the most rapid conveyance. General Ward is now at Platts burg, and has called out two companies of horse for the purpose of re connoitering the country. We hear of no movement, however, of im portance ; nor do we believe there will be any. The Patriots have un. douhtedly a considerable amount of property stored on the frontier, which was intended for the Canadian market." Private letters speak of a desperate attempt of the Patriots on the Lower Province of Canada. Our accounts state that the Province would be kept in a state of alarm until troops from England get out. The Quebec papers of the 13th ult., received this morning, mention that Sir John Colburn had been sworn in as General Administrator of the Colonial affairs in the place of Lord Gosford. The family of Sir Francis Bond Head has arrived in the Wellington from New York. In the House of Representatives a debate had taken place upon the subject of the war in Canada. Mr. Howard had moved the suspension of all other business to bring forward the subject of maintaining neutrality on the frontier. He laid before the House a despatch rela tive to the proceedings of the rebels, 800 strong, who were com manded by Vanrensseleur. A movement was to be made near the St. Clair river; the despatch states furthsr that the people on the frontier freely gave up their army to the rebels ; twenty loaded waggons had passed to the frontier, with arms and ammunition ; the rebels had been jollied by a great number of the Indians ; one statement is that the rebels mustered front 1,300 to 1,500 men. Mr. Howard proposed that a Bill should be passed, • eiving to the civil power authority to aid the military in pre serving neutrality. The Bill was debated at some length, but it was afterwards adjourned in order to enable the Members more accurately to obtain a knowledge of its contents. From the New York Journal of Commerce of the 19th of February we extract the following:— " MONHV AND EXCIIANGE.—Money is scarce, though there Is no great difficulty in obtaining good notes being discounted at 7 per cent. European Exchange fell a good deal ; the business of packet. day was done chiefly at 1 down to 61 for good and private bills on England, but the packet being detained, further sales were made, and the price continued to drop, the last transaction being 5i for prime bills, and 5i for Southern bills of unquestionable strength. Some of the Banks were large buyers, and at the rate of their purchases they will procure re turns in specie below par. In Stock the business was extremely small, but appeared rather better towards the close. A Jamaica Mail has arrived, sailed the 9th Feb., by the Goldfinch. The Jamaica Papers of the above date do not contain anything worth notice. TUE FUNDS. Consols which left off yesterday at 93 1 } for the Account, opened at the above price, and 994 93 f.r Money, with little doing as yet. F.x. chequer Bills, 64 86 ; India Bonds, 64 66; Bank and India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market late yesterday afternoon a very sudden rise took place in the Spanish Active Bonds, but up to the present hour wo cannot find out the cause, and at the closing of the Market they receded from 22 to 21 % ; Portuguese, 014 ; Three per Cents., 201 211 ; Mexican, 2fish 29 ; Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents., 52 N. 53. HALF--PAST TWELVE. Later accounts from Canada state that Sir John Colbourn had fiot been tiWOrllin on the 13th, owing to Lord Gosford having met with a slight accident by a fall on the ice. _ _ . . , Southampton Dock Shares have been inquired for to-day. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. tied 3 per Cent. Cons 93 2 3 ,4 34 per Cent...-. ... ........... - Ditto Red New 34 per Cent 100%4 ! , 4% New 5 per Cent... Bank LongAnnultlestoexpire Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1880 Jan. 5, Ite3o April 5, 188) Jan. 3, ..... - India ................. Ditto Honda South Sea Stuck Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_, Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 67 64 pm Ditto ti 67 pm. Ditto Small ' Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — pin Bank Stock for Account 208% 9% Ind!AS,tock fur Account Consols for Account 93 .3i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrtan THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I Peruvian Bonds ..... Belgian Bonds... lO 3 l Ai Ditto Account . Brazilian Bond. Ditto Account Buenos Ayre. Bonds Ditto Account .......... Bonds Ditto Account Cilumbian Bonds Ditto Account Calumbian Bonds, :821 Ditto Account . 9 81 9 1) inish Bonds ...... Ditto Accoutat Greek Bonds .................. Ditto Bends, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 241 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account 28% Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THI! Ditto Account ..... — Portugu Che Bonds — Ditto Account....... lYtto New Bonds 3l Ditto Account .... 314 30% 14 Ditto, :1 per cent 20% Prinsiaii Bonds — Rusaian Bends, 1822 lll4 Ditto Account ............ Ditto Metallic 'Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account ••• I Ditto Bonds. 1834 211, 1 1 /0/4k; Ditto Account 21 V4% 3 4 French, 5 per cent.......... —l. —c. .—..— 4 per cent. --- 3 per ecnt. ---- Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 24. per cent. 52% 34 % Ditto Account s'lli Ts % Ditto, t. per cent. 102% % Yr. Ditto Account — S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Anglo Mexican Mining Company (iH. at 51. pm ) 100 4 Ditto Subcription Brazilian Imperial Mining Le. (issued at 51. prn ) 20 Ditto St. John del Rey Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 2O Bristol and Exeter Railway Company IU If) Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 5% 5 / . Eastern Counties Railway 5 s ,ii i hq Great North of England Railway Company l3 9% (treat Western Railway Company 5 02% 3 4 Brighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway Ditto Scrip 3 6%5434 London and Southampton Railway Company 5O 46% 10 Manchester and Birmingham Railway 7 % 114 Northern and Eastern Railway Company Nirtb Midland Railway Company 35 41% Westminster and Greenwich Railway Company 2 12s. 6d. 7 18%.14 " -- - -- - PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, MARCH 13. 3 per Cent. Consols 92% Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 91% Ditto lteduced Ditto, 4 per cent. 35l per Cent. Stock 99k e Hibernian Bank 2 2 k Ditto New, 1830 3 1 4 per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock - Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock 29 cent HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. A Letter posted at the North and South American Coffee-house states as follows : " The Patriots were collected with a determination of proceeding over to Canada on the ice, and to attack some of the towns in the Western districts; but I do not believe that the Patriots will be able to effect any thing of moment ; still it will keep up a harassing state of things. Mr. Papineau le said to be at Platsburgh, and I suppose will soon be joined by INV Kenzie. The Jamaica Chronicle of the 2 d February has the following : " Raesaxt mv IN CUBA.—By a gentleman lately arrived at this port from Cuba, we regret to learn the tidings of an insurrection among the negroes of that island. The revolt is stated to have broken out on the 19th inst., on a very extensive estate in the district of Trinidad, which the rebels had burned down. Along with two others, several overseers and book-keepers have been killed, the proprietors only saving them. selves by flight. By the last accounts they were completely surrounded, to the number of 2,000, by the militia, and there was every reason to expect that they would soon be crushed." Consols have receded, since the early part of the morning, from 93 to to g 2 %, for the Account; Money, 921 go. Exchequer Bills 64, lower; India Bends 64, lower; Bank and India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market, there has been a reaction in Spanish Active from 214 to :If, at present 21 % with Coupons ; Portuguese Si ; Three per Cents. 20 % ; Brazilian 771 ; Mexican 281 ; Colombian 28i ; Dutch 52g. The news from Canada has not had much effect ou the British Funds --about 4 per cent. Bank Stock one per cent. higher than yesterday, 209 4. Shares not much doing—Brighton, lower; Great Western, higher ; Birmingham nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK. eonsoLs for the Account, 92 r e . THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH Ft.iNDS. Bank Stock Omniarn 3 per Cent. Red — India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons 92% Ditto BondsG l 3y 4 per Cent. 31,4 per Cent. Red — Ditto Old Annuities ............. New 354 per Cent. 100% Ditto New Annuities ... ....... : . -- I per Cent. Assented . Lx. Bills. 10)811. 'Nd. ... 67 Pm Dissented Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 67 pm Jas. 1860. Bank Stock for Opg. ............ 2.9 Oct. 1850— Jan. 1880 lnd , 1 Stock For Act ...... ..... .21,365 15 1-10 Consols for Feb FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent "- 'Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent ll7:rN Ditto, Now Ditto .................. 31 Brnilian Bonds Eiluemts Ayres, 6 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent .... Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic . ............... ~.. Colombian, G per cent. — Spanish, 5 per cent ................ 121% Ditto, 1821 Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 pet cent ......... • --- Greek Bonds, ISQS. 5 per cent. Exchange -t. —c Mexican, 5 per cent. 2-04 trench, ''. per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 ....... Dutch, 2i per cent. ....... 52 % Peruvian, 1625, 6 per cent. ... 2Q% ; Ditto, 5 per cent. ~..102% BANK OF EN .-(THIS DAY.) The Half-yearly General Court of Directors and Pro prietors of the Bank of England took place this day. At twelve o'clock the Chair was taken by TIMOTHY ABRAHAM CURTIS, Esq., Governor of the Bank. There were a large number of Proprietors present. The minutes of the last quarterly Court having been read, The CHAIRMAN said it was his duty to acquaint the Court that this was one of the half. yearly general Courts, appointed by the bye-law to consider of a dividend ; and the Court of Governors and Directors having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion, that if the proprietors thought fit, a dividend of 4 per cent. interest and profits should be declared for the half year ending the sth of April next. He should, therefore, move that a dividend of 4 per cent. be declared for the half year ending the ith of April. Mr. SELWYN did not know bow the body of Proprie tors at large might be affected by their worthy Gover nor's very brief, very concise, and, if he might be per mitted in that place to use the expression, very penurious statement, on the present occasion, namely, that the Court of Governors and Directors had recommended a dividend of 4 per cent., that being the sum and substance of the come- e nication of the worthy Governor of that illustrious Corpora tion. Certainly at the present season he could have wished, considering how many and what striking events had occurred during the time that had rolled away since their last General Court, he could have wished that the worthy Governor had at such a season told them how those events had borne upon that great concern ; more particularly he wished it since it had been surmised on very good authority, that the revenue of the cotin try was not, in the present era, in the most flourishing condi tion. It did seem to him, that upon the present occasion, the characteristic of the Governor's eloquence had been si lence—that timid caution—that studied reserve which had uniformly marked the proceedings at General Courts held in that place, had not been departed from, and he lamented it on the present occasion. Perhaps the worthy Governor might say "I have told you that I think you are entitled to a dividend of 4 per cent. —4 per cent. is the usual dividend which you have enjoyed during a long series of years, and, therefore, Gentlemen, you ought to be content with that statement." Now he (Mr. Selwyn) must say for one that he was not altogether content, and he could have wished that their worthy Governor had told them something more, for if he did them the favour to advert to the language of that bye-law to which he had alluded , he woul d find that they were not met there solely and merely for the purpose of considering a dividend, but also for the purpose of consi dering the state and condition of that Corporation. Now, upon the present occasion, he had confined himself most nar rowly merely to a declaration of the dividend; and even as to that, he had not yet furnished them with the proper materials, for them to say whether they could assent or demur. It was, therefore, necessary for him on the present occasion, as on former ones, to administer to the worthy Governor a few in terrogatories, and he would do so as briefly as possible. The first question he begged to submit to the worthy Governor was—When was the dividend of four per cent. finally agreed upon ? The GOVERNOR—In 1823. Mr. SELWYN— I mean the dividend we are to enjoy for our stock for the current half-year? The GOVERNOR-1 did not perfectly understand your question. Mr. SELWYN—I mean this new proposition we are now called upon to assent to—when was that dividend finally agreed upon ? A PROPRIETOR—This very day—everybody understands that. Mr. SELWYN—Then on this day when that dividend was agreed upon, what was the amount of the Rest ? The GOVERNOR-2,810,393 1 . Mr. SELWYN—May I be permitted to ask whether the amount of the Rest, which you state to be 2,810,3951. exceeds or falls short of the amount of the Rest this time twelve-months. A PROPRIETOR—( In a remote part of the Room)—Oh that's nonsense—quite nonsense.—( Much laughter.) The GOVERNOR—It falls short. Mr. SELW YN hoped the worthy Governor would keep order at least, in his part of the establishment. A PROPRIETOR said it was very improper for any Director to laugh. Mr. SELWYN—It is not of that 1 complain, but of the word " nonsense." The PROPRIETOR who had used the word, stood up and ob served—lt was I said it, and I repeat it is nonsense to ask what occurred twelve months ago—we don't want to know it.—( Cries of oh.) Mr. SELWYN—May I be permitted to ask whether there has been any extension of the branch system since the last Ge neral Court ? The GOVERNOR—None whatever. Mr. SELWYN—From the returns made by the Branch Banks from time to time, are the Governor and Directors so satisfied as to be induced to recommend their continuance ? The GOVERNOR—Certainly. Mr. SELWYN—The last question I shall ask is when the London and Westminster Bank have since the decision of the late question adopted any new mode of circulating their paper calculated to infringe upon our chartered rights. The GOVERNOR—Not to my knowledge. Mr. SELWYN—I now beg to say that as the Rest amounts to nearly three millions, I for one assent to this proposition of a four per cent. dividend —(Hear, bear.) Mr. B. HAVIIIOND said. that last year their Rest amounted to 2,878,0001., and since then there had bean a re duetion of 68,0001. The GOVERNOR—Yes. Mr. HAMMOND—I wish to ask one or two questions with respect to the annuities. Can you tell me what portion of the s,OOOl. and odd a-year is applied to the payment of the dividend, and what portion is applied to the reduction of the cost price (as we understood Mr. Hammond). The GOVERNOR—I cannot enter into the particulars of the items. I hope the Proprietors have that confidence in the Board of Directors as to believe that they will see that a suf ficient amount of these annuities is laid aside to cover the amount of capital laid out. Mr. HAMMOND—I beg to know whether, in estimat ing the amount of the divideud, these annuities are taken at the price they cost, or at the price of the day ? The GOVERNOR—I shall leave the Court to decide whether I ought to answer that question. Mr. HA MMOND—I beg to ask what is the amount of the American debt still unsettled? The GOVERNOR—That is another question. I wish to put t o the Court to ascertain whether it should be an swered, because the answer might involve many questions which would lead to much discussion, and no beneficial re sults whatever. Mr. HAMMOND.—There is another questton I wish to put. Have you had any negociation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with respect to a new loan ?—( A laugh.) The GOVERNOR. —I have no knowledge whatever of it. Mr. HAMMOND.—The reason I ask it is, because it has been stated that you have lent the Government two millions of money. The GOVERNOR.—I believe the Court of Directors is pre cluded from entering into any negociation for that purpose, except under a certain Act of Parliament. Mr. HAMMOND—I suppose you would *not object to lend the money upon Exchequer bills ? The GOVERNOR—We cannot. Mr. FRILLIER had given notice of a motion two years ago, which he had not persisted in, but the proceedings of that day showed that it was necessary for him to renew it. In common courtesy, Hon. Proprietors who intended to submit qestions to the worthy Governor, ought to give notice of such questions. He would therefore give notice that, at the next half-yearly meeting, he would bring forward a motion, rendering it necessary that when questions of finance, and involving matters of account, were to be put to the Governor, notice of them be given to the Court of Directors at least a week previously to the Ge neral Court ; by such means the Directors and the Governor may have time to make up their minds as to the propriety of answering the question ; and if they do so, then they will be prepared to answer in a proper and definite manner. The public often drew very improper inferences from the Governor of that large establishment refusing to give an swers to questions of account, which were put without any no tice. He trusted out of common courtesy, the Honourable Proprietors would give such notice. They ought to do so for the purpose of obtaining accurate information, and out of courtesy to the Directors lie trusted they would do so without a formal motion on the subject—if not. he would consider it his duty to persevere in his motion. He wished, then, to put a question to the worthy Governor. By the arrange ment with the Government, a certain part of the annuity to be received from them was to be set aside for the purpose of re deeming the capital—has that been done ? The GOVERNOR—Certainly. Mr. WEEDING—The word Rest had been mentioned. May I beg to ask whether any knowledge of the amount of the Rest can be derived from the averages which are published quarterly. That publication gives on the one side the liabi lities of the Bank, and on the other the bullion and securities in its possession. Does the difference show the Rest ? The GOVERNOR —Certainly not any exact knowledge. It is merely a rough statement of the accounts of the Bank. Mr. YOUNG—Mr. Weeding inquires whether the balance forms the Rest. The GOVERNOR—I do not think it does. It cannot, as it is a mere statement of the accounts of the Bank and as to its liabilities and assets, made out according to the Act of Par liament. Mr. WEEDING—If there is any use in these publications it must be in showing what is the amount of the Rest of the Bank. I have always taken the difference between the Assets and the Liabilities of the Bank as the amount of the Rest. I ask, therefore, is that a fair estimate of the Rest ? The GOVERNOR—Nothing but the profit and loss balance sheet can show the amount of the Rest. No average can show it. Mr. WEEDING—I want to understand the matter. For in stance, in your last quarterly publication your assets were 32,807,000/. ; your liabilities amounted to 30,135,0001. Does not the difference show the amount of the Rest? The GOVERNOR—The Accountant will better explain the matter than I can. The ACCOUNTANT—The difference does not show the Rest, because upon the statements upon which the averages are founded there is no-interest calculated. In order to get at the Rest interest must be calculated upon all the accounts. Mr. WEEDING-_I have stated the amounts already. The difference between the liabilities and the assets must be the property of the Bank, and a ill show the Rest. The ACCOUNTANT—Not exactly, for the interests must first all be calculated. Mr. YOUNG—Then there may be a difference of several thousands of pounds between the balance and the Rest. The Rest may be some thousands more than the balance ? The ACCOUNTANT—CertainIy, at tunes. Mr. WEEDING—May I ask, Sir, who makes up the averages, you or the Government ? The GOVERNOR—The Government. We give them a statement of our accounts, and they strike the average. Mr. WEEDING—You have lowered the interest on advances to Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Now that has been genei.aliy taken to mean that you have lowered the interest on loans ; and I wish to know whether it is to be considered as a perma nent or temporary lowering of the interest? The GOVERNOE—No notice of that sort has been given. Mr. WEEDING wished also to ask whether the commer cial conflictions that had taken place had occasioned any loss to the Bank ? The GOVERNOR—We certainly hope not. no loss that we know of hitherto. We have had Mr. WEEDING-And you have reason to expect that you will not incur a large loss for the future ? The GOVERNOR-Certainly I should say so. Mr. WELLS—With regard to what has been asked by an Hon. Proprietor, I beg to say that no notice is necessary be tween the Government and the Bank, because the 59th Geo. 111. regulates all payments between the Government and the Bank. The GOVERNOR then put the question, that a dividend of 4 per cent. be declared, which was carried unanimously. The GOVIERNOR stated that the dividend warrants would be ready on the sth of April next. The Court then adjourned. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. ADJOURNED MEETING. (THIS DAY.) A meeting was this day held at Exeter Hall, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of accommodating those who were excluded from the great meeting of yesterday, by the crowded state of the Hall. The hour fixed for taking the Chair was twelve o'clock ; but the doors were opened at half past nine, and at ten o'clock there were upwards of 2,00 0 persons assembled, of whom a very large proportion were ladies. By twelve o'clock the Hall was nearly full, but it by no means presented the chocked appearance of yesterday. We should estimate the numbers at between 3,000 and and 4,000. A few minutes after twelve o'clock slight syreP turns of impatience began to be manifested, which were scarcely to be wondered at, when so large a portion of the assembly had taken their seats before ten o'clock. A person of respect able appearance standing under the platform called out seve ral times with great vehemence, and pointing to the clock, " Will any one take the Chair?" No answer. " Then I will."—(Great laughter.) The gentleman then pushed his way to the platform, throwing aside those around him, and bawling out, " Let me pass, let me pass." He then mounted the platform, and was about to take possession of the chair, when he was laid hold of by several gentlemen, who at first end'avoured to remove him by gentle means. But he worked himself into a fury—struggled, kicked, and r oared, like a madman, and was at length removed with great diffi culty. His ejection was followed by loud cheering. In a few minutes afterwards Lord Brougham arrived, and was greeted in the most enthusiastic manner. We observed at this time on the platform Sir Charles Styles, M. P., r' Pease, M. P., Mr. Ewart, late Member for Liverpool, Mr. George Thomson, the Rev. Messrs. Sherman, flowaro, Beaumont, and several other eminent friends of emancipatio n. Lord BROUGHAM on taking the chair said, I believe this is the first time that ever such a thing was known in this grea t metropolis, as the adjournment of a meeting of this descriptio n and I think, from what I heard last night, and this morning , that the effect produced by our proceedings yesterday an to-day will not be without good results towards forwarding our object.—(Great cheering.) The Rev. Dr. Cox came forward to move the first resolu tion. He said after the passing of the Act of 1833, which took effect on the Ist of August, 1834—entitled a n Act for Abolishing Slavery throughout the British Colonies, promoting the industry of the emancipated slaves, an d compensating the persons hitherto entitled to the servic es of those slaves—it was supposed by the British that the thing was done, and the strong feeling which hads been excited in the cause of the negro immediately subsides' in a great degree, and at a later period might be said to have subsided altogether, in consequence of the delusion that s lavery was finally abolished. The opinion had been expressed that that excitement could not be renewed ; but he would say 11 °"' that if any one doubted that it was likely to be renewed when the public felt that they had been deluded, " look to the con gregated thousands of yesterday and of to-day."—( Cheers.) He appealed to that meeting if the feeling was not likely to be again excited—(Cheers) —he appealed to them, had th e feeling been so much removed that the public mind was not likely to be again excited ?--( Hear, and cheers.) and was not that class to which the Resolution he held in his hand alluded likely to be aroused to exert their influence over the people whom it was their duty to instruct in everything honourable to humanity, and dear to religion.—(Great cheer.- lug.) Nothing was more honourable to humanity than such a manifestation of feeling as was witnessed in that room yes terday.—( Hear, hear.) That feeling proceeded from nretee e n e Y causes. Its source was to be found partly in sympathy of human nature, which was not rests over either by latitude or longitude, but tra velled the whole earth, and which, wherever men were n.e found in destitution or degradation, arose in all the and might of charity.—( Applause.) lie was not to consider man his neighbours only when born in the same co untr y . the i d Whatever his country, his language, or his cliniate- - " although the sun should have burnt him into a different colour —still he was his neighbour, and his sympathies were due to him.—(Cheers.) That sympathy was also to be traced in this country to another source, with which no one was better acquainted than the Noble Lord in the chair (Brougham)- -- -- the progress of knowledge and the education of the people. (Great applause.) The fact that the schoolmaster has been, and is likely to be, abroad, is one cause of that feeling - - He knew that the Noble Lord rejoiced that the was an enlightened sympathy—arising out of reason, a' (..! knowledge, and reflection.—(Hear, hear, and cheers') And it assured him that if we should fail to put down slave r P our children would destroy and extirpate the mouster.-.--0- (Cheers.) Here he was reminded of what was said of synipathY. statue of Memnon which was raised by the Ethiopians , sc. lil h e t, was said to issue sounds, at the rising of the morning l'g od like the snapping of the cord of a harp full of m elody long_ beauty trembling along the gale. This nation did for a time stand like a statue unmoved and unaffected by the wrong' of suffering humanity—perhaps because the law was strong and the sufferers were too distant and too weak. The time w t ! itt. not long passed when, instead of the crowds which thronged % Li b , Hall yesterday, and the thousands who were there to-daY , ) room would not be half filled on such an occasion.--( E lea , t io The fact was the light was rising. It had touched the sta` and made it vocal. The sweet sounds of humanity aa n-ci b sympathy were poured forth, and they would not only r h e ' s e bei the ears of Senators and Statesmen, but they would ton e " heart of Royalty, and teach that young and tender heart t sweet lesson of charity and Christian love.—( ApPla tl i s i e s . e. He (Dr. Cox) rejoiced to witness this manifestation of f ee- '' • na-- on the subject, mingled, perhaps, with some degree ofti e s a tience, for it was characteristic of the human mind to le er impatience in proportion as success approached. The ra h c le i who in the early part of his career might have been enfee' s d and dispirited by apprehension, redoubles his efforts, ' two strains every nerve when he finds himself about to reach, sea this gaol ; on the same principle it was that the public mini" ,j this question, was beginning to feel still more impatient, 'ad, somewhat indignant, as it hastened on in its career tolsrarra that victory. And soon would the songs of triumph be tic a _a amidst the glories of success.—(Cheers.) This he.ll 11 ‘,, been, and would be crowded, for the purpose of rousing' ce be r taro slumbering individuals who were not otherwise to na roused from their comfortable, official sleep,—(Cheer s I lse loud laughter.) But ,the influence of meetings ice these, headed by the Noble Lord in the chair, who had a to rouse even their slumbers, would wake the country , ''''" ° t if energies had too long slept, and this base system would s l4° ! - big be put down, not by warlike weapons b u t by the irresis u force of public opinion.—( Loud cheer s .) The question %l t one of justice and purely of justice.—( Cheers.) 20,00 0,00 t , had been paid to the planters, who had grasped the 11 W eei n f e and then refused to fulfil the conditions of the covea'd into which they had entered—(Cheers)—and the obje e „ - t . these meetings was to compel them to fulfil that coven n• upon which the 20,000,0001. was received by them—the 0 114 , cipation of the slaves.—( Loud cheers.) They had taken t'A, money, but had merely re-baptized slavery with anothe r na —that of apprenticeship.—(Cheers.) But the spir it of frel', dom was abroad in the world—the spirit which in this: coon; ; had put down the tyranny of the Stuarts, and destroy' ..„ superstition which had existed under the name of and repealed the Test and Corporation Acts—(Chfeser -and given us Catholic Emancipation.—(Repeated eP-Oise ing,) This glorious spirit of freedom was ma rching cr ei wards, unappalled by opposition, unchecked by th e '' t he and scoffing of the interested and selfish—enkindling tof hearts of countless myriads, and touching the tender hel fes s Britain's youthful Queen, enthroned as she was in t he a „., of tions of her people, and destined to diffuse the ble the ssieb .o ,) liberty throughout the universal world..—(Loud The Resolution which he had to move, was as follows tine" That, relying on the great principle that it is repugna llt t st y spirit and genius of Christianity for man to hold p ro P e- i s ise man, this meeting would earnestly call upon Christian ludoro, ters, of all denominations, throughout the United Ki n g. to to combine, by all scriptural and constitutional mean of of effect the total, unconditional, and immediate aholitietioud the unrighteous system of negro apprenticeship. 4 cheers The .) r a to Rev. DAVID KI NG , o f Gl asgow , t h en ca me fe cw : second the resolution. Th e h uman i ty o f E ng land an-, yes-- land having been stron g ly man if este d i n th e meeting e' s O of terday, that Scotla n d m i g h t a l so h ave a vo i ce in the " n u e the humanity he had come f orwar d to -d ay . H e was one l e of four delegates w h o h a d presente d t h e a dd ress o f the n ee & the Scotland, signed by 134,000, to her Majesty, praYing accomplishment o f th e great o bj ec t o f th e p r esent rac e ' „,,ct ( Cheers.) Wh en h e surveyed the p resen t vast and re able ass e mbly, h e f e l t awe d and repressed ; but when Is collected that h e ex p resse d th e se ntim e nts and w ishe. ' wou ld multitude which many such buildings as the present .090 not contain he felt that the course that he was adoptitn% the the right one.—( Cheers.) There was a time o w l et, southern and northern divisions of the island were in e° That and when their only object was to subjugate each othef - b i ni to time hal now gone by, and it was a pleasing duty lb'. , but say that the present meeting was not for the subjuga e tV shm en. for obtaining for the negroes the rights which E possessed. —( Cheers.) The address to which he was presented to her Majesty yesterday, and on _ntsesrq or sentation he could not but observe the disinterested s cr ' ono his youthful Sovereign—(Cheers)—if, therefore, the ssibiliti of the negroes were prolongated, they could nand y P° , ho w be chargeable to her Majesty—(Cheers)— if rif they great was the responsibility of her Majesty's adviser. sanctioned the perpetuity of those wrongs and miseriets.leinv the countenance of their Royal Mistress would enable haiclit;ri(!_fe.,rrreed. 4